ANR Employee News

Coyne named Master Gardener volunteer engagement coordinator Marisa Coyne is now the academic coordinator - volunteer engagement for UC Master Gardener Program as of April 8.

The systemwide UCPath Steering Committee has decided the new launch date for UCPath at UC ANR, UC Davis and UC Davis Health will be Oct. 1, with cutover activities happening in September. The decision for UC ANR to launch UCPath on Oct.

Charles E. Charley Hess, a UC Davis Medal recipient and dean emeritus of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences who never took the word retirement seriously, died April 13 of congestive heart failure at the age of 87.

A major factor in job satisfaction is the extent to which people feel part of a wider supportive community. Such connections have historically been offered in UC ANR through various means, including our structural units (i.e., our 81 workgroups, 21 program teams and 5 strategic initiatives).

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced the results of the 2017 Census of Agriculture, spanning some 6.4 million new points of information about America's farms and ranches and those who operate them, including new data about on-farm decision making, down to the county level.